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FOREX: The dollar soared to fresh 16-month highs against a basket of six major currencies on Monday, building on its gains from Friday, even without any fresh catalyst or news out of the US. Instead, the greenback seems to be taking advantage of softness in the pound and euro, amid Brexit and Italian uncertainties respectively. Elsewhere, the commodity-linked currencies retreated, with the loonie feeling the brunt of the pain as oil prices continued to struggle in the big picture, despite a sizable rebound on Monday.

STOCKS: The Dow Jones, S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite finished Friday’s trading lower by 0.77%, 0.92%, and 1.65% correspondingly. Some of the big tech names that recorded notable losses, leading the tech-heavy Nasdaq to underperform were Apple, Amazon, Google-parent Alphabet, Microsoft and Facebook. In Asian markets, the Japanese Nikkei 225 and Topix indices, and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng were little changed on Monday. Of note, the Shanghai Composite added 1.2%. At 0736 GMT, futures markets were pointing to a higher open for major European benchmarks, even for the Italian FTSE MIB, despite worries over Italy’s spending plans. Contracts on the Dow, S&P and Nasdaq 100 were up by 0.2%, 0.3% and 0.6% respectively.

COMMODITIES: WTI traded higher by 1.5%, at $61.10 per barrel, looking set to record gains after a multi-day selloff that saw it touch a near eight-month low of $59.26 on Friday. The catalyst for the move up was OPEC and its allies paving the way for more supply cuts in 2019. Specifically, Saudi Arabia, the precious liquid’s top exporter announced a cut even earlier than that (December), with others possibly following in its footsteps later on. Brent crude was up by 2.0%, at $71.58/barrel. In precious metals, gold traded lower by 0.25% at $1,206.16 an ounce. There is uncertainty in the markets – Brexit, Italy, Sino-US trade spat – though the stronger greenback seems to be the dominant force pushing dollar-denominated gold lower at the moment; the metal also touched a one-month low of $1,203.36 earlier on Monday.

Major movers:Dollar bulls put the pedal to the metal; pound crumbles under Brexit pressure

It was an eventful session in FX markets, with the dollar index cruising to 16-month highs earlier on Monday, even in the absence of any substantial news out of the US – mostly capitalizing on weakness in the pound and euro. The surge in the greenback amid the volatile market conditions lately underscores the role it has assumed in recent months as an “all-weather currency”. Namely, it can outperform both in a risk-off setting like the one on Friday given its defensive status as the world’s reserve currency, and amid a risk-on environment as well, considering its carry appeal relative to all other G10 currencies. Put differently, the dollar seems to be enjoying a spell of “there is no viable alternative” at the moment.

And with good cause, considering that downbeat headlines continue to haunt both the pound and the euro. In the UK, sterling/dollar opened with a negative gap and is now more than 100 pips from its close on Friday, after UK press reported that several ministers in PM May’s government are ready to quit over Brexit. The takeaway is that if May cannot agree on a way forward with her own ministers, then pushing any Brexit deal she brokers through Parliament may be a herculean task, as half of her own party members and most of the opposition Labour party may vote it down. Hence, price action in sterling is likely to remain hostage to incoming headlines and choppy overall, with the prospect of a near-term breakthrough in the talks looking increasingly more remote.

In euro land, the Italian budget saga continued to dampen sentiment, with the EU giving Rome until Tuesday to present a revised budget with more “realistic” growth estimates. While Deputy PM Salvini said the EU wouldn’t be happy with Italy’s reply, Italian press over the weekend reported his government is aiming to reach a deal. In case Italy does revise its budget plans in a more diplomatic direction tomorrow, then the battered euro – which touched a 16-month low versus the dollar today – could see some relief.

Day ahead:Brexit and Italian politics eyed in empty calendar day

Monday’s calendar is practically empty of important releases, with Brexit and other political developments, namely the Italian-EU budget standoff, being eyed by traders.

Sterling is trading roughly 300 pips below last week’s high of $1.3174, as previous optimism over a Brexit deal was replaced with uncertainty and potentially even more minister departures from PM May’s government, according to reports by the Sunday Times. The British currency is again expected to remain “hostage” to any headlines on the matter, ahead of key UK data as the week unfolds.

Euro pairs are likely to prove sensitive to news having to do with Italy’s budget plans ahead of tomorrow’s deadline for the country to submit revised spending plans that would align with EU fiscal rules. The Italian government has so far been pushing forward its own arguments, unwilling to give in to EU demands. A clash between the two sides is expected to prove euro-negative, at least in the near term.

ECB Vice President de Guindos is scheduled to give a speech at the opening conference of the 21st Euro Finance Week in Frankfurt at 1000 GMT. Elsewhere, San Francisco Fed President Daly, a voting FOMC member in 2018, will be talking on the US economy’s outlook at 1930 GMT.

It is of note that US bond markets will be closed on Monday due to the Veterans’ Day holiday.

EURUSD is trading in proximity to its lowest since June 2017 of 1.1256 hit moments ago. The Tenkan- and Kijun-sen lines are negatively aligned, supporting the view for a negative bias in the short-term. The RSI, which is declining, is also acting as a testament to the bearish momentum in place. Notice though that the indicator is below the 30 oversold level, suggesting that the selloff may be overstretched.

More worries over an Italian-EU standoff are likely to push the pair even lower. Support to declines may come around the 1.12 round figure, with the 1.11 handle being eyed in case of steeper losses.

On the upside and in case of a constructive dialogue between the two sides that eases investor angst, resistance could occur around 1.13; the zone around this mark encapsulates a previous bottom at 1.1301, as well as the Tenkan-sen at 1.1313. Higher still, the 1.1352 low would be eyed, before the attention turns to the area around the current level of the 50-period moving average line at 1.1386; the region around this point captures the Kijun-sen (1.1376), the Ichimoku cloud bottom (1.1378) and top (1.1383), and the 100-period MA (1.1403).

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